Child&#39;s reclining-carriage.



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C. B. JONES.

CHILDS RECLINING CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Oct. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CHARLES B. JONES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF CNE- HALF TO FREDERICK L. COWLES, OF SAME PLACE.

CHILDS RECLlNlNG-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 641,209, dated January 9, 1900..

Application filed October 23, 1899. Serial No. 734,452. (No model.)

.To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Childs Reclining-Carriage, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to simplify, cheapen, and to generally improve the construction and operation of this type of carriages. The invention is, however, equally applicable to chairs and to the various styles of vehicles known as perambulators, gocarts, dac. With these ends in view I have devised the simple and novel childs recliningcarriage which Iwill now describe, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,- and using reference characters to designate the several parts and also calling attention to Letters Patent No. 626,025, granted to me May 30, 1899, in which I'have described and claimed a reclining-perambulator embodying certain elements which I also utilize in the present carriage.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is alongitudinal section of my novel carriage, one side thereof `appearing complete in elevation, the seat,

bach, foot-rest, axles, and dowels being in section and the back, foot-rest, and intermediate operating connections being in fulllines in the reclining position and in dotted lines in the normal or upright position; and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are enlarged detail views illustrating the construction and operation of the locking device for the back.

Adenotes the body as a whole B, the back; C, the foot-rest; D, the pusher, and E the axles. These parts may all be of ordinary or of any preferred construction, their special design and arrangement and the material of which they are made not being of the essence of my invention.

The pusher consists, essentially, of two side pieces 10, (one only being shown in the drawings,) which extend under the body longitudinally, are curved upward behind the back, and are connected at their upper ends by a cross-piece 1l, which serves as a handpiece. The axles are shown as bolted to the side pieces, the front axle lying below the side pieces and the rear axle above them, and

the body is shown as supported above the side pieces by two curved springs 12,although, as stated above, the special details of construction are notof the essence of my invention.

13 denotes braces; any number of which may be used to strengthen and stiften the carriage as a whole.

The body consists, essentially, of side rails 14, (one only being shown in the drawings,) a seat 15, extending between the side rails, and suitable ornamental sides 16, which are attachedto the side rails in any suitable manner. The seat is shown as resting on dlowels 17, which extend between the side rails. The foot-rest is pivotedv at the front of the body in any suitable manner. In the construction shown in the drawings the foot-rest is carried by a dowel 18, which is itself pivoted in the side rails, and the back is shown as carried by a dowel 19, which is likewise pivoted in the side rails. The back and the foot-rest are operated simultaneously by manipulation of the back in the same manner as in my said former patent referred to. Y

20 denotes bell-crank levers, one only appearing in the drawings, which is shown as pivoted to one of the side pieces of the pusher. Each bell-crank 'lever is connected by a link 21 with one side of the back and by means of a strut 22 with one side of the foot-rest, the pivotal connection of the strut to one arm of the bell-crank lever being a stop=i joint 23, which renders it impossible for the foot-rest to be changed from the reclining to the normal position (compare full-line position with dotted-line position in Fig. l) except by manipulation of the back.

It will be noticed that the side rails 14 of the body extend rearward' from the sides 16, as at 24. This is in order to provide a support for a fixed dowel 25, which carries a guide 26 and catch 27 for a locking-lever 28, which depends from a crossrod 29 upon the back. The locking-lever is provided with a notch 30, which-automatically engages catch 27 the instant the back is raised, (see dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2,) so as to retain the back in the raised position and the foot-rest in the lowered position, as when the occupant of the carriage is sitting up, and with a notch 3l,

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which is adapted to engage the rear end of guide 26, as at 32, to serve as a stop for the back when lowered to the reclining position. (See full lines in Fig. 1, in connection with Figs. 2 and 3.) It should be remembered in this connection that stop-joint 23 causes the bell-crank lever and strut 22 to form a rigid support for the foot-rest, so that in the reclining position both foot-rest and back are rigidly locked against downward movement, it being possible to change this position of the parts only by raising the back.

I have shown catch 27 as made by striking out a lug from a plate 33 of metal and the guide as made U-shaped and provided with attaching-plates 34. Both plates are provided with screw-holes 35 for attachment to fixed dowel 25.

As a convenient means of attaching the locking-lever to the cross-rod I provide the locking-lever with a hole 36, having recesses 37 leading from opposite sides thereof, and provide the mid-length of the cross-rod with two pairs of lugs 38, having between them a smooth portion 39, which is just received by the hole 36 in the locking-lever. In assembling cross-rod 29 is passed into hole 36 in the locking-lever, then turned to permit one pair of lugs 38 to pass through recesses 37 until smooth portion 39 of the rod lies in hole 36, and then 'turned again, so that the lugs are out of alinement with recesses 37. In this position of the parts the lower end of the locking-lever is passed through the guide and the cross-rod is rigidly secured to the back by screws or in any suitable manner. When assembled, the guide permits simply the necessary play of the locking-lever in use and the lugs act to retain the locking-lever at the midlength of the cross-rod, so that the lockinglever can only be detached by removing the cross-rod from the back. The lugs 38 on the cross-rod are preferably formed by simply pressing out the metal of the rod, as clearly indicated in the drawings.

The operation will be clearly understood from the drawings. It will be noticed (see Figs. 1 and 2) that when the back is at the normal or raised position the cross-rod which carries the locking-lever will have been swung considerably past catch 27 toward the front, so that the instant notch 30 in the lockinglever reaches the catch in the upward movement of the lever the lower end of the lever will drop forward by gravity and the catch will necessarily enter and engage the notch, and that when the back is lowered to the reclining position (see full lines in Fig. 1) the cross-rod carrying the locking-lever will have swung backward past the guide, so that the instant notch 31 in the locking-lever reaches the rear end of the guide, which is specifically indicated by 32, the locking-lever will necessarily drop backward by gravity and the notch will engage the rear end of the guide and stop further downward movement of the back. Thelocking of the back at either the normal or the reclining position is thus made automatic. The upper end of the locking-lever is preferably curved rearward, as at 40, to form a convenient hand piece for manipulating the lever when it is desired to disengage it from the catch in order to change the back and foot-rest from the normal to the reclining position,it being understood that when the'parts arein the normal position the back is locked against downward movement by the engagement of notch 30 with the catch. When the parts are in the reclining position, the back is locked against further downward movement by the engagement of notch 31 with the rear end of the guide and the foot-rest is rigidlysupported by stop-joint 33. Notch 31 is so shaped, however, its lower sidebeing a long incline, as at 41, that no manipulation of the locking-lever is necessary when it is desired to raise the back from the position shown in full lines to the position shown in dotted lines-71. e., from the reclining to the normal position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a device of the character described the combination with the back, and foot-rest and intermediate connect-ions, substantially as described and shown, of a cross-rod 29, a locking-lever pivoted on said cross-rod and provided with notches 30 and 3l, and a guide and catch at the rear end of the body, said locking-lever passing through said guide and notch 31 engaging the rear end thereof in the reclining position of the back and notch 30 engaging the catch to lock the back at its normal position.

2. In a device of the character describe the combination with the body having side rails 14 with extensions 24 and a vlixed dowel 25 between said extensions carrying a guide 26 and catch 27 of a pivoted back and a locking-lever depending therefrom and passing through the guide and having anotch adapted to engage the rear end of the guide when the back is in the reclining position and a notch to engage the catch when the back is in th normal position.

3. In a device of the character described the combination with the body having side rails 14 with extensions 24 and a xed dowel between said extensions carrying a guide 26 and catch 27, of a pivoted back, a cross-rod 29 rigidly secured thereto and having pairs of lugs 38 and a smooth portion 39 between said pairs of lugs, of a locking-lever provided with notches adapted to engage the rear end of the guide and the catch respectively and having a hole 36 adapted to receive the crossrod and recesses leading therefrom and adapted to receive the lugs, so that in assembling one pair of lugs may be passed through the recesses and then the lugs turned out of aline- ,ment and the locking-lever will be retained in position on the cross-bar.

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ver passing through said guide, substantially as shown, for the purpose speciied.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES B. JONES. Witnesses:

F. M. RUWET, JAMES D. HIsLoP. 

